Kalen,
I doubt that will ever happen, so don't waste time thinking about it. And, it would be like telling doctors to go back to "blood letting" (depending on how much of a rollback we are talking about....but even going back a decade in medicine would be a real step back, no?)
It's up to designers (and maybe clubs instructions to their supers) to design for the situation we can foresee, like Ross leaving space for new back tees (even if 100 years later, it has proven it wasn't enough)
Maybe the worst analogy I've ever seen. Sorry for being so blunt Jeff, but come on. Doctors are trying to save/improve lives. Golf is a game played on a playing field that has been drastically affected by technology. Baseball doesn't allow aluminum bats, race cars are frequently limited in some fashion, etc., etc.
You can cheer on the "advances", or hate them. That's everyone prerogative. But at least be honest and accurate about the issue.
Geez, George, in this day and age of "fake news" and "sound bites" you have to make bold statements to be heard. That anyone here would actually compare any golf design theory or result to much more important things.....wait, we do that all the time here! Never mind.
In reality, I never said whether I hated them or cheer them on. I do neither, and just accept the results because no one has made me king of golf......
Back on topic, I guess it will be interesting to see how TD's Houston course holds up, given he is prone to contouring greens that treat putts like babies treat diapers. It will sure be a good test of the "more contour and maybe (TD would have to weigh in) slower greens" will be tougher.
I think Geoff S has the right idea, without drastic course changes. Rotate the events more. Even hard courses, like Firestone, saw tour scores come down when played year after year. 4-5 year separations might take away some of the players course knowledge (especially if the course is tweaked a bit every time)
Also, based on Tiger's comments, maybe it's not the ball, maybe its the size of the driver head that lets all players swing harder. Go back to small driver heads (I think I might have whiffed one the other day had I not been playing a 450 CC head driver....) so that only hard, accurate swingers can belt it out without getting in trouble. Even that might not help. Saw a Phil stat where he hit fw about 41% and greens at 67%. Figuring 4 par 3 holes, that's 5 fw out of 14, but 12 greens. Obviously the rough doesn't hinder proportionally.